Stories from Tuesday, April 23, 2013

An advocate for abused children shared horrific details from her own heart-wrenching childhood during a fundraiser Monday for CASA Works. The non-profit agency held its fourth annual CASA Works Inc. Bedford County Luncheon at First Baptist Church on East Depot Street...

A 5-2 win over Tullahoma by the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle tennis team on Monday afternoon locked up the No. 1 seed entering team competition in the next week. While the Eagles locked up the No. 1 seed, the Eaglettes suffered a tough loss to their rivals from Tullahoma and earned the No. 4 seed heading into the postseason...

A proposed rock quarry will be the main topic of discussion Thursday for Shelbyville's planning commission and board of zoning appeals (BZA). The planning commission will consider a site plan for a rock quarry on L. Fisher Road requested by Wright Paving, the company which is currently embroiled in a $10 million federal lawsuit with the city over the matter...

A Shelbyville man accused of planning two murder attempts accepted a 20-year sentence after making a plea Friday. James Otis Mears pled guilty to two counts of attempted first degree murder, and will have to serve 30 percent of the 20-year sentence before being eligible for parole...

A Murfreesboro man allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend with a steel pipe after entering her Tyne Road home Friday morning -- and now says he doesn't remember it. Justin Carvis Majors, 23, of Murfreesboro hit the victim in the crown and forehead area of his head with the 18-inch pipe, officer Jeff Goodrich's report said...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Vikings rode the strong right arm of junior Dylan West to a 2-0 victory in a well-played game over visiting District 9-A nemesis Forrest on Monday evening. West started the game strong by striking out five of the first six hitters he faced and pounded the zone all night long allowing just one hit, a fourth inning single, in his first shutout of the year...

Susan Walls appeared before Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell Friday with her attorney Chris Westmoreland for a brief hearing in which she accepted a bond of $1 million. Walls is charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the death of her husband Larry Walls, which occurred last August. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

A trail of truck tires fills a ditch alongside Highway 82 east of Bell Buckle after a tractor-trailer crash early Monday morning. Stanley Baldwin, a driver for Trott Group, lost control of the eastbound truck on a curve about a mile and a half east of Bell Buckle and overturned, according to Sgt. Monty Terry of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Baldwin was complaining of neck pain and was taken to Heritage Medical Center. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

A federal magistrate has set a trial date involving a lawsuit filed by Bedford County's former child abuse investigator. A jury will convene March 31, 2014 in Chattanooga to hear the case filed by Rebecca Hord against Bedford County and Sheriff Randall Boyce...

An alert recipient of phone calls from scammers fended off two attempts last week. The victim said a caller last Monday told her she'd won a sweepstakes and the check was being held at a warehouse since it was from Canada...

"I really don't have much to say," 67-year volunteer firefighter Johnny Deason said after an awards ceremony honoring his service Friday. "Everyone else's already said it all." And they had a lot to say. Deason, who actually retired in 2011, was honored by fellow firefighters and representatives of other law enforcement/emergency agencies at a ceremony Friday at Shelbyville Fire Department headquarters...

It was a total team win in every aspect of the game as Shelbyville Central cruised to a 5-1 win over visiting Franklin County in a District 8-AAA match up on Monday night. "When we play like we did tonight, I like our chances to win. The only negative was we left too many runners on base," Central coach Shawn DiGianfelice said...

Tyler Dennis pitched five-plus strong innings and the Eagles collected 10 hit in a 6-1 victory over visiting Warren County on Saturday afternoon. Tommy Canonico, Stetson Blackwell and Dennis led the Eagles at the plate with a double and single with Tyler Bailey added a pair of singles...

SPRING HILL -- The Community Viqueens hit the road on Saturday and were able to take one of two from Summit in a Saturday afternoon doubleheader against the Lady Spartans. Game one got started off much to the Viqueens' liking, but ended in a 5-4 defeat...

Harris and Siegel battled hard to a 0-0 draw in a non conference match in Murf-eesboro on Monday. Both teams played hard and clean and Harris had a few opportunities to score but couldn't close as both teams defenses played great. Francisco Guevara recorded a solid afternoon in goal for the Eagles...

Harris Middle's Golden Eagle baseball team claimed a 7-3 victory over host Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro on Monday evening. Colt Williams went the distance on the mound giving up five hits while fanning 10. Trip Hardison and Winston Caine each ripped two singles with Avery Brown adding a double...

Kaemey Young cheers on big sister Kaegan during her first softball scrimmage

Lillian Clara Rippy Trollinger McNairy, 105, of Lynchburg died Saturday, April 20, 2013. Funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. She will lie in state from 3:30-6 p.m. Tuesday and visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday.